September 5, 2006 17:00

Ash set to make live return

The new look trio get set for New York Fashion Week

Ash have confirmed they will return to the live circuit for 30-minute set at a Fashion Week party in New York this week, and plan to showcase new material.

The band are on the bill for Arthur Baker’s Return To New York party, which takes place at the club Happy Valley in New York City this Sunday (September 10).

Both Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton relocated to New York a year ago, and the band secured a studio in Manhattan where they have been busy writing their new album, which will be the follow-up to 2004’s ‘Meltdown’.

Despite maintaining a base in Edinburgh, Rick McMurray has also been a regular fixture at the studio.

The show will be Ash’s first since returning to their original line-up as a trio. Guitarist Charlotte Hatherley quite after an eight-year stint in 2005.

Also on the bill for the party are Junior Sanchez and Foreign Islands. Admission is $10 at the door.